Estee Lauder Cos., Inc (NYSE: EL) is -27.43% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $48.37 and a high of $149.91 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The EL stock was last observed hovering at around $55.59 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -1.18%.
Currently trading at $54.41, the stock is -11.23% and -18.14% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.69 million and changing -2.12% at the moment leaves the stock -32.80% off its SMA200. EL registered -60.80% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -43.38%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $66.4702 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $80.9646.
The stock witnessed a -21.02% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -26.34%, and is 8.69% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 8.49% over the week and 5.65% over the month.
Estee Lauder Cos., Inc (EL) has around 62000 employees, a market worth around $19.57B and $15.12B in sales. Fwd P/E is 23.31. Profit margin for the company is -4.63%. Distance from 52-week low is 12.49% and -63.70% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-5.32%).
with sales reaching $3.52B over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -46.30% this year, but quarterly earnings will post -7.27% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -10.78% in year-over-year returns.
Estee Lauder Cos., Inc (EL) Top Institutional Holders
1308.0 institutions hold shares in Estee Lauder Cos., Inc (EL), with institutional investors hold 93.93% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 234.15M, and float is at 233.03M with Short Float at 3.48%. Institutions hold 93.53% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 21.33 million shares valued at $2.27 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 5.9395% of the EL Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 14.84 million shares valued at $1.58 billion to account for 4.1298 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 9.66 million shares representing 2.6885% and valued at over $1.03 billion, while EDGEWOOD MANAGEMENT LLC holds 2.2044 of the shares totaling 7.92 million with a market value of $842.98 million.
Estee Lauder Cos., Inc (EL) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider purchase by FRIBOURG PAUL J, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that FRIBOURG PAUL J bought 45,500 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 07 ’25 at a price of $65.00 per share for a total of $2.96 million. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 0.52 million shares.
Estee Lauder Cos., Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Feb 05 ’25 that Shrivastava Akhil (EVP & CFO) bought a total of 700 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Feb 05 ’25 and was made at $65.79 per share for $46053.0. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 2381.0 shares of the EL stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 06 ’25, FRIBOURG PAUL J (Director) acquired 44,000 shares at an average price of $65.26 for $2.87 million. The insider now directly holds 474,800 shares of Estee Lauder Cos., Inc (EL).
